Even though I love drawing and doodling, and it seems that my brain works better when my pages are colourful and fun, I admit that I don't always have the time (or the mood) to be creative. During those days I want my bullet journal to be simple and functional.

I've also read lots of times in the bullet journal community, comments from people who don't want or they just can't draw or sketch, and generally they are not into creating fancy and complicated pages. And that's perfectly fine. Each person is different and that is the beauty of bullet journaling - to personalise your journal in any way you want and to adjust it to your needs and wants.

So, since I found myself in the same predicament the last few days (no time to doodle!), I've decided to adopt the minimalist style to my bujo for a week or two (let's see how long I can last!), and show you that you can still be creative and fun. I'll also include some amazing spreads that some fellow bullet journalists have created, who prefer the minimalistic style.

So, for the next week or so I'll only use a black pen and only one coloured pen. No doodling, no drawing, just simple spreads that are functional.

For this week my weekly spread looks like this.

I tried to keep things as simple as possible. I included only the categories that I needed and used simple lines to separate them. You could also skip the colour if you wanted to. It just makes it easier for me to separate the space.

It took me 15 minutes to create it and fill it in, and I was done in no time at all, ready for the week ahead.

For my daily I followed the same rules and again I spend almost no time at all writing everything down. It felt quite refreshing actually!

For all the above I used only my black Staedtler Triplus Fineliner and my Tombow Dual Brush marker in no.553.

I've also created a page with minimalistic date headers to get inspired for my dailies. Because it is minimal, it doesn't mean that it has to be monotonous and boring. Simple fonts and putting things in different order, or some simple lines can make your dailies interesting without having to spend time making them fancy.

There is so much inspiration online from all these amazing fellow bullet journalists. You only have to do a little research and you'll be amazed at how many different minimal spreads there are out there.

Here I'll include some really nice minimal spreads to get inspired by:

@craftyenginerd

@pages2plans

@forevergoodlife

@tinyrayofsunshine

@shilen.qc

@em_plans

@nosce_te_ipsum

@honeyrozes

Of course the list is endless and I've only shown a fraction of the minimal spreads out there. 

What style do you prefer for your bullet journal? Do you like things simple and minimalistic, or do you prefer lots of colour and doodles? Let me know in the comments below. You can also share with us pictures of your minimalistic spreads in your bujo to get inspired!